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How evil Greens, Academics BDS valley

We are living in dangerous times: The Greens invite
Holocaust Denier Tobin to support their defacto illegal BDS against Israel.

Then rapidly back down when the opprobrium decimates
them: the public are plainly not supporting Holocaust denial!

Yet a so – called self – described ‘’Jewish Green’’
– former Communications Director Tim Hollow plainly supports the BDS in his
mealy – mouthed denouncement quoted in The Australian 21/6:

‘’Mr Hollow condemned Mr Riboldi's
conduct: "As a proud Jewish Green, I have spent years convincing people it is
wrong and offensive to conflate criticising Israel's government and armed forces
with anti-Semitism. In this context, David Shoebridge's staffer's approach to
Fredrick Toben is an inexcusable error that is completely out of step with
Greens policies, values and action.’’

The key to Hollow’s raison d’etre is
the favoured phrase of Israel bashers – it all comes under the convenient aegis
of ‘criticism of Israel’ and associated confected
codswallop.

This is the way of our enemies –
Jewish and otherwise.

Their ‘criticism’ is always
antithetical to mere reasonableness or historic accuracy; that is the way they
are!

Oh – and arch BDS entity Lee Rhiannon
‘’declined to comment.’’

On 15/5 Professor S Rees of Sydney University thought the signing by more
than 40 Parliamentarians of The London Declaration against anti semitism was
‘’childish, thoughtless but easily populist.’’

Throughout it all we have the Vice
Chancellor Spence seemingly vitiating the boycott – yet allowing it to be
promoted at his University!

21/6 Split in Greens over
Holocaust denier Fredrick Toben

SPLITS have emerged in
the Greens after leader Christine Milne refused to rebuke NSW MP David
Shoebridge for his contact with Holocaust denier Fredrick
Toben.

The Australian revealed
yesterday Mr Shoebridge invited Dr Toben, who has served prison time in
Australia and Germany for his Holocaust denial and anti-Semitic activities -- to
a fundraising event for Gaza in April.

Mr Shoebridge said the
invitation was rescinded when he became aware of Dr Toben's extreme views.
Senator Milne yesterday attacked Dr Toben's views but offered no condemnation of
Mr Shoebridge, placing her at odds with the Greens' lead Senate candidate in
NSW, Cate Faehrmann, and her former communications director, Tim
Hollo.

"The Australian Greens
totally reject and condemn anti-Semitism . . . It is abhorrent. We condemn
unreservedly Holocaust denials. It has no place anywhere in Australia society,"
Senator Milne said. "The horrendous consequences of the Holocaust are still
being felt around the world and I am appalled that people like Dr Toben engage
in fabrication of history and . . . spread and engage in
anti-Semitism."

But she stopped short
of condemning Mr Shoebridge.

The invitation was sent
to Dr Toben after an email exchange with Shoebridge staffer Mark Riboldi, who
sent a link to a March 25 debate in the NSW Legislative Council on a study trip
to Israel that was hijacked by pro-Palestinian MPs. In the exchange Mr Riboldi
agreed he would "definitely not" be bending to Jewish
pressure.

Mr Hollo condemned Mr
Riboldi's conduct: "As a proud Jewish Green, I have spent years convincing
people it is wrong and offensive to conflate criticising Israel's government and
armed forces with anti-Semitism. In this context, David Shoebridge's staffer's
approach to Fredrick Toben is an inexcusable error that is completely out of
step with Greens policies, values and action.

\"He should not be
allowed to tarnish the great work done by the rest of the party." Ms Faehrmann
apologised for the incident. "At the very least, it was appropriate that the
invitation was rescinded, however Mr Toben should never have been invited in the
first place. I apologise to the Jewish community unreservedly for any hurt and
upset this error of judgment may have caused," she said.

Executive Council of
Australian Jewy executive director Peter Wertheim said Mr Shoebridge was
avoiding the real issue.

"This is not about the
revocation of an invitation," he said. "It's about why those who claim to be
supporting Palestinian rights consistently attract the enthusiastic support of
people with an explicitly racist anti-Jewish agenda."